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California Governor Jerry Brown is feeling the heat, literally and figuratively. His state is reeling with the consequences of an
extreme four year drought. With no end of the drought in sight Brown is pulling out all stops with an aggressive state carbon reduction plan. Think Progress/Climate has the
breaking news:
On Wednesday morning, four-term California Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order that aims to reduce California’s greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. Brown called it the most aggressive GHG target by any North American government to date.
Under Brown’s guidance, California has made ambitious steps to confront climate change, which has contributed to the state’s current water woes. But this is his boldest gambit yet. His carbon reduction target is even more aggressive than the Obama administration’s, which aims to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.
According to the announcement, California’s planned reduction falls between the state’s 2020 goal of reducing GHGs to 1990 levels, and a long-term 2050 goal of reducing GHGs by 80 percent under 1990 levels. It also falls in line with the goal of limiting global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, and the more ambitious international mitigation targets — an important point as countries prepare for a major United Nations climate summit in Paris at the end of the year.
We knew you could do it Governor! Looking forward to your solutions for taming your
out of control agriculture water use, especially the
47% mega use coming from the meat and dairy industry.